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we face recruiting and retaining doctors and nurses and teachers as well, but we will do it in a proper way and make sure israel says it's intercepted a missile launched from yemen — after the israeli air force carried out a series of strikes in the country. health authorities in india issue an alert after a 14—year—old boy dies of the nipah virus. russia says it scrambled fighter jets to prevent two us planes from violating its border over the arctic. and seconds away from victory — south sudan's basketball team just miss out on an upset win against the united states. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme.
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we start here in the uk, where the chancellor rachel reeves says the government will "make sure the sums add up" before agreeing to fund a recommended 5.5% pay increase to teachers and nhs staff. the above inflation rise has been recommended by independent pay review bodies. here's our political correspondent tony bonsignore. it's a decision that will affect millions of teachers and nhs workers: whether to accept the independent recommendation of pay review bodies and give them a pay rise of 5.5%, of teachers and nhs workers: whether to accept the independent recommendation of pay review bodies and give them a pay rise of 5.5%, or offer a more modest increase and risk disappointing millions of labour voters, as well as potentially more industrial action. today, in herfirst big interview since the election, rachel reeves dropped a big hint that above—inflation rises for public sector workers
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are on the way. we also know that there is a cost to not settling, a cost of further industrial action, a cost in terms of the challenge that we face in recruiting and retaining doctors and nurses and teachers as well. but we'll do it in a proper way and make sure that the sums add up. but those sums, she said, had to take into account the economy the new government had inherited. well, we've also seen just this week the government borrowing numbers, which are significantly higher than people had anticipated. and that goes to the real, true extent of the public finances and the public spending pressures. we also saw labour market data: unemployment up, economic inactivity up. so i really don't buy this idea that somehow we've been handed a golden inheritance. that claim has angered the conservatives, still reeling that claim has angered the conservatives, still reeling from their election defeat. they claim it's merely labour preparing the ground for future tax rises. what is absolute nonsense is this business of the worst economic inheritance since the second world wan _ i mean, you only need to look at the last time
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a government changed hands between parties in 2010. compared to then, inflation is nearly half what it was. we then we had markets collapsing. now we have the fastest growth in the g7. we have unemployment nearly half what it was then. it's a very transformed picture. economists, though, say that higher pay for nhs workers and teachers will have an impact. 5.5% pay rises for millionsj of workers is above what's been budgeted for. it's above what's built - into existing spending plans. so it leaves the treasury having to find several billion pounds i now, that would probably mean some combination of high taxes _ from somewhere to make up the gap. now, that would probably mean some combination of high taxes _ or higher borrowing, _ or perhaps cuts to something else, but it wouldn't be an easy decision to make for the treasury. - rachel reeves has promised that decisions on public sector pay will be made before mps rise for the summer recess at the end of this month. but it's clear that even tougher
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decisions lie ahead in the autumn. tony bonsignore, bbc news. israel's military says its air defence system intercepted a missile fired from yemen, before it could enter israeli airspace over the southern region of eilat. the attack comes after israeli fighterjets carried out air strikes on saturday, on the houthi controlled port of hodeidah in yemen, killing six people and wounding 80. oil storage facilities and a power plant were struck. it's the first time israel has responded directly to what it says have been hundreds of yemeni drones and missiles aimed at its territory. hannah porter is an independent analyst on yemen. well, the israeli strikes on houthi—held territories i don't think will have positive outcomes for israel. certainly since january, we have seen the us and uk have been attempting to degrade houthis�* military capabilities to prevent them from carrying out further attacks on ships in the red sea. those efforts to degrade their capabilities have so far failed as we have recently seen an uptick in attacks.
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likewise, the houthi attacks on israel and recent varna which inflicted casualties is certainly a huge escalation for the region in general but a huge success for the houthis. this is a big win for them politically and in terms of their messaging and has the potential to boost their popularity locally, regionally and potentially internationally. given that's how they view it, could this lead to further escalation? yes, it likely well. an extremely unlikely these strikes conducted by israel or us or uk it is extremely unlikely these strikes conducted by israel or us it is extremely unlikely these strikes conducted by israel, orfor that matter, us or uk will deter the houthis. it will be quite the opposite. houthis will be emboldened to carry out further attacks. i think we've already seen evidence of this. doesn't it seem, though, that it may not be in particular israel's interest to escalate this any further? in fact, try and contain it? it certainly is not an israel's
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interest. it's hard to imagine exactly how israel would benefit exactly how israel would benefit exactly from conducting air strikes in yemen. it is very unlikely to be a determinate, but so far as to grading the houthis�* military capability... they can credibly now say they are at war with the us in the uk. they see these as their key adversaries. this came at the perfect time for the houthis because they were under intense pressure. lack of finances, lack of revenue streams and also a great deal of unhappiness from the population under their control. now the houthis can say a lack of fuel, income and any hardships that the population is facing is the fault of the us, uk and israel rather than houthis�* poor
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government. it's hard to see how it benefits israel at all.— benefits israel at all. thanks to hannah porter— benefits israel at all. thanks to hannah porter for _ benefits israel at all. thanks to hannah porter for that. - health authorities in india's southern state of kerala have issued an alert after a 14—year—old boy died of the nipah virus. the virus has been classified as a priority pathogen by the world health organization because of its potential to trigger an epidemic. i've been discussing how much a threat the virus could be with dr bharat pankhania, who is a consultant in communicable disease control at the university of exeter medical school. it's a threat in those areas where we have fruit bats, animal farming, especially pigs, animalfarming, especially pigs, and a high—density human population.
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it can go from bats to humans or bats to humans, and also humans to humans. they can so would be in those areas where the fruit bats are present, the pigs and humans are present. just talk and see what are the potential symptoms and what happens with this. so, you start off with a fever, a high fever, and sore throat and feeling generally unwell. muscle weakness is a sign. then you become unable to breathe very well. it can sometimes go to cover lighters which is an inflammation of the brain. the fatality rate is 70—40%. it's quite serious because not everyone is going to get better once affected. what is their potential for it to become an epidemic of red to spread? how does this happen? if you don't have proper control
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measures and once it is circulating in the human population, you can have human—to—human transmission and there after, generate more cases, the incubation period being four to 14 days mostly. so, you can create a lot of cases if you do not have that test, trade and contain a strategy in your country. the supreme court in bangladesh has scrapped most of the quotas on governmentjobs, that have triggered widespread anti—government protests in which more than 110 people were killed. meanwhile, a nationwide curfew has been extended and the government has declared sunday and monday public holidays. security forces used live rounds, rubber bullets and tear—gas against protesters who defied the curfew and blocked roads. our south asia correspondent yogita limaye has more. at least one group of students that they won't stop protesting until the government issues a notice that reflects their demand.
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a ministerfrom the bangladeshi government speaking to the police service a short while ago has said they will implement the ruling of the supreme court as early as tuesday. as you said, today and monday are holidays in bangladesh so the earliest they can do that is tuesday. but very little information is trickling in from bangladesh at the moment. there is a near communication blackout, an internet shutdown and even trying to make regular phone calls is extremely difficult, the line is patchy. texts are also not really going through. on the streets, there are armoured vehicles, soldiers, the military deployed to control the situation, helicopters surveilling the situation from the air.
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as far as we know today they have not been any significant incidents incidents of violence, but given all of that and the nationwide curfew, bangladesh is using all of its might to bring the situation under control. yogita, just remind us how we got to this situation. the protests are about a 30% reservation in government jobs for the families for the families or descendants of those who fought in the bangladesh war of independence from pakistan in 1971. today, what the supreme court has done is say it should be no more than 5% and 5% should be reserved for the families of veterans. what started really is a protest from a single university spread across the country. they accuse the president of making derogatory comments and accuse security forces of a brutal
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crackdown. they said the attacks and student protesters are shocking and unacceptable. so, it's difficult to say whether that anger can be brought under control is more than 100 people have been killed in the violence. but we will find out in the hours and days to come. donald trump has told a campaign rally in michigan that he is not a threat to democracy, saying he took a bullet for democracy — a reference to the failed assassination attempt against him last saturday. addressing thousands of republican supporters, mr trump said he was sure he'd win the presidential election in november. he repeatedly mocked joe biden, saying the democratic party still didn't know who its candidate would be in november. rina shah is a political analyst and former senior republican aide. thousands turned out for this first rally since the shooting. security checks meant long waits, but many were determined to show their support. after what happened last week, i hadn't planned on attending
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a rally this year cos i've been to so many in the 2016 and that we do stand behind him, and so long as he stays in the fight, we're going to stand behind him. 0h, he's back. he's bigger and better than ever. no, no, we love him and i think he really, really, gelled the country, brought us together. # i know i'm free... a few days ago, after his near—death experience, donald trump called for unity in the country. yet, within minutes of speaking at the rally, he attacked his rival. but what they do is misinformation and disinformation, and they keep saying, "he's a threat to democracy." i'm saying, "what the hell did i do for democracy? last week, i took a bullet for democracy." cheering. what did i do against democracy? it felt like a pop concert. the former president continued to sing the old songs — attacking the media, migrants, and joe biden. the crowd cheered. at this very moment, democrat party bosses
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are frantically trying to overthrow the results of their own party's primaries to dump crooked joe biden from the ballot. couldn't happen to a nicer guy. laughter. the republicans say their party is the most united it's been for decades, and they say that contrasts with the democrats as questions continue over the future ofjoe biden in the presidential race. nearly three dozen democrats have called for mr biden to withdraw. the president says he'll continue to campaign next week, after isolating with covid. he insists he's staying in the race to win it. jenny kumah, bbc news, michigan. sorry, that was jenny sorry, that wasjenny kuma. earlier, i spoke to... rina shah is a political analyst and former senior republican aide. well, that rally was a bit of a continuation of what we saw donald trump project and he isjust one week out
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from that attempt on his life. that really shook a lot of americans regardless of your political affiliation. we'v never seen anything like that in the modern era, and the fact he came away from it largely unscathed does tend to challenge the consciousness of how that event continues to help trump. he has continued to propagate the narrative that he is a victim and he doesn't do what we typically hear candidates do at this point in a race. we hear them talk about solutions, get more detailed in their plans. he instead is trying to rewrite, basically, history. he's trying to tell people that he is not who he was when he was in the white house, he's a changed man and not the very things he said he was even a few weeks ago. so, let's explore that — this idea that at these rallies, who do you think he is appealing to? is it the fans who are there? i say fans because sometimes the atmosphere really is like that. or is he wasting an opportunity and these rallies aren't
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appealing to a broader base? what you think the strategy is? what you think the strategy and the execution is? grievance politics rules the day here. our politics is entirely characterised by how frustrated people are, and we've seen lots of people on the right expressing frustration with the past four years. people tend to forget that in this recovery post—pandemic era, the policies of the biden administration will try to cool the impact of inflation on our daily lives. have they been fully successful in black and white? yes, they are. retirement accounts are strong. but the feeling of our economy, the general malaise around how our system functions is what is turning people away from showing up at rallies. so, what you see are the most ardent and fervent supporters of trump and they really haven't been that many, they are dwindling in size.
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yesterday's rally was different, though — 12,000 people at an arena showing up because of the monumental event of last week. event of last week, that assassination attempt. people are fascinated to see how trump behaves now, they wanted to see him in person but it was really largely the same rambling, incoherent talk, not giving solutions and really not fighting back at the biden—administration on substance. next, russia says it scrambled fighterjets to prevent two us strategic bomber planes from violating its border over the barents sea in the arctic. it said that in response the american crews adjusted their flight course, making a u—turn and not crossing the frontier. it's routine for the us military to carry out flights over international waters, but correspondents say moscow has lately been responding more aggressively. let's speak to former nato analyst, and senior associate professor at the university of bath, patrick bury. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-—
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thank you for coming on the - programme._ took us programme. good evening. took us throu~h programme. good evening. took us through what _ programme. good evening. took us through what you _ programme. good evening. took us through what you think— programme. good evening. took us through what you think has - programme. good evening. took us i through what you think has happened. i think is the more interesting one in terms of the route that these bombers have taken and it's important to note on flights like these, they will be much more likely to be reconnaissance and testing the air defences. but the flight coming closer to the border. this the way these flights often go. but they came in through norway, so if you think about the tip of the peninsula, they came into norway and then finnish, which is a new nato member. it came right up close to the russian border, close enough to even lock in and see some of the russian heavy bonners and reconnaissance —— bombers. then they turned back around into the north
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into the barents sea and back west. those flights go on— not into russian airspace, but close enough into the airand russian airspace, but close enough into the air and implications own. a lot of countries... russia did this to the us as recently over alaska a couple months ago. the first time they did it may have alarmed the russians, but it would have been expected as well. just russians, but it would have been expected as well.— russians, but it would have been expected as well. just to be clear on what we're — expected as well. just to be clear on what we're saying, _ expected as well. just to be clear on what we're saying, if- expected as well. just to be clear on what we're saying, if the - on what we're saying, if the equivalent was happening the other way around, the response would be the same in your eyes.— the same in your eyes. literally, the same in your eyes. literally, the exact same _ the same in your eyes. literally, the exact same thing _ the same in your eyes. literally, the exact same thing happened l the same in your eyes. literally, l the exact same thing happened in the same in your eyes. literally, i the exact same thing happened in a russian exercise in may and the canadians and americans launched interceptor jets canadians and americans launched interceptorjets off canadians and americans launched interceptor jets off the canadians and americans launched interceptorjets off the coast near to alaska. this is tit—for—tat. the russians have been doing the last, and the uk for example, which doesn't have a heavy strategic bomber capability, russians have been doing this for decades,
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literally, towards scotland and forcing scrambles. a lot of it is about signalling, but it's also about signalling, but it's also about gathering data. it uses resources. on the one hand, it's quite good that nato is doing something like this. i quite good that nato is doing something like this.- quite good that nato is doing something like this. i see, is there an risk something like this. i see, is there any risk in — something like this. i see, is there any risk in the _ something like this. i see, is there any risk in the situation? - something like this. i see, is there any risk in the situation? there - something like this. i see, is there any risk in the situation? there is. any risk in the situation? there is some risk. _ any risk in the situation? there is some risk. of— any risk in the situation? there is some risk, of course, _ any risk in the situation? there is some risk, of course, when - any risk in the situation? there is some risk, of course, when the i some risk, of course, when the pilots and interceptors, or the strategic force bombers don't basically d conflict or turn away. if fighterjets become increasingly aggressive, if both forces are basically in a battle of wills, they see if they're in airspace, they haven't crossed, that's where the risks really happen —— if they don't
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de—conflict. forthe risks really happen —— if they don't de—conflict. for the first nation to come to this airspace, i'm sure that us pilots were told to turn back when you're intercepted. it's much more when you see the higher risk to this in taiwan, where they're constantly launching jets to intercept chinese aircraft, and in the margin of error is getting smaller and smaller and smaller. i think ithink in i think in this case, early stages are relatively low.— i think in this case, early stages are relatively low. patrick, thank ou ve are relatively low. patrick, thank you very much — are relatively low. patrick, thank you very much for _ are relatively low. patrick, thank you very much for coming - are relatively low. patrick, thank you very much for coming on - are relatively low. patrick, thank you very much for coming on the programme. more than 1,400 migrants crossed the english channel in overloaded boats in the past week, home office figures show. 228 people were brought to dover yesterday, and more than more than 15,000 have arrived so far this year. the government says it's recruiting a "highly—skilled" border security commander to deal
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with the crossings. the welsh health secretary, baroness morgan, has said that she will seriously consider entering the race to become the next first minister. elunid morgan said she was looking to run on a �*unity ticket�* with the climate change secretary, huw irranca—davies. welsh labour wants to appoint a new leader by mid—september. this follows the resignation of vaughan gething last week afterjust four months in the job. the south sudan basketball team has fallen painfully short of a historic upset — going down byjust one point to team usa in a thrilling friendly match in london. south sudan, ranked just 33rd in the world, were leading for much of the game, but a basket by lebronjames in the final seconds secured the win for the us -101-100. both teams are preparing to compete in the paris olympics next week. isaac fanin from bbc sport was at yesterday's game. he told me more about how close south sudan came to a momentous upset against the dream team.
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honestly, it was a sensational match. i was there gathering for the bbc world service newsday programme, and i was speaking to south sudan fans before the game and there was sort of a lot of hope, but no real expectation, just pride that this country, that hadn't existed 13 years ago, was going to be playing at this tournament and playing against such a titan in the united states. and i think most people thought the us were going to absolutely roll over south sudan. roll over south sudan, but south sudan put in a sensational performance. they took a really early punch from the united states, who went 8—0 up. but then, from then on, south sudan found their scoring show stroke. carlikjones, their point guard, really just controlled everything, and they came so, so close. the fact that they were 1a points clear at half time was insane. and i think i was sat
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near the united states bench and you could see these superstars — lebronjames, steph curry — walking back to the locker room. and there was a look of shock on their face that they were losing to this. and if south sudan had been able to carry on and get this win it would have been the greatest shot notjust in basketball history, — but i think in sport history. but lebronjames, one of the greatest players of all time, showed why he is the best. he was sensational. he was sensational — 25 points on the night, really led from the front, 39 years old. i said last night he is a marvel and he is the reason why south sudan were able to get... south sudan weren't able to get such a historic victory yesterday. so close, wasn't it? can we read anything now into the olympics? is suddenly question is going to be asked now about the us team? um, i don't think so. they play germany on monday evening, that will be a test. germany knocked them out of the world cup last year, which was a big surprise. but this time around,
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that team had a very young american team. this time around, it has lots of, really big name players — lebronjames, steph curry, kevin durant, although he missed last night's game because of a little injury. they've got a number of big name star players. there are 12 players who are all nba players who have won nba titles. they've done it at the top of the game. lebronjames himself has won an olympic title multiple times. they will be the stone—cold favourites. they swept aside serbia in the game before south sudan, so i don't think there's anything to look at. steve kerr, the coach, took the blame and said that he didn't prepare the team properly. so, i think the united states will definitely be a team to watch when it comes to the paris games and winning gold. thanks to isaac for that. i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. hello. for most of us, the weather's pleasant enough today, a little cloudy in some areas, but wherever you are, the chances are that there will be at least some sunshine today.
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and so far, the best of the sun's been across northern and eastern parts of the country. if you look at the satellite picture earlier, clearer skies in eastern scotland, also around yorkshire and lincolnshire. but even here, clouds have been developing through the course of the day. so, what have we got? a gentle breeze blowing out of the southwest, pushing in some thicker cloud across ireland. that might mean some rain for belfast this evening and overnight, but elsewhere it's a case of sunnier moments, cloudier moments, the odd shower and temperatures and temperatures pleasant enough — high teens, low 20s. now, here's that small weather system that will be moving through ireland and into the irish sea, and eventually it'll end up around northern england and southern scotland, also affecting parts of wales. so, damp weather early in the morning. it's relatively mild — 15 in london, a little bit colder there in the north of scotland, perhaps single figures. so, tomorrow it's fairly cloudy
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and damp, at least for a time in parts of scotland. elsewhere, it's a day of prolonged spells of sunshine, occasional showers and actually quite brisk winds. so, if you're in the south and the southwest, those winds will be quite gusty, particularly close to the coast and the temperatures around the low to perhaps mid 20s. and that small area of low pressure and its weather front moves to the east, and we see this bump in the high pressure. this is what's called a ridge of high pressure — so where the air is generally sinking and what we typically find is fair—weather clouds, just the odd shower on the edge. but for the bulk of the uk, a fine day. the temperatures could be a little bit high. we might even reach 25 degrees on tuesday. so, let's have a look at the outlook then, because it does look as though at least the computer models are pointing to high pressure becoming more dominant towards the end of the month. and when we see high pressure during the summer months, that means much warmer, drier weather. and in fact, if we scan our apps and you look at the forecast even beyond this coming weekend, you should be able to see
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those fair—weather symbols and perhaps those temperatures starting to creep up. starting to creep up, so perhaps a sign things are settling down. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news — the headlines... a hint from britain's new chancellor that public—sector workers in the uk could be in line
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for above—inflation pay increases. israel says it's intercepted a missile launched from yemen — after the israeli air force carried out a series of strikes in the country. more protests are expected to take place on the spanish island of mallorca — over the impact of tourism. and — the tech outage that almost stopped the globe — stay tuned for our programme — the worldwide computer crash. now it's time for a look at today's sport with karthy. hello from the bbc sport centre. it's turning into a fascinating final day at the open where it's very tight at the top of the leaderboard. an englishman could lift the claret jug for the first time in 32 years but there are some tricky holes still to play. let's go to royal troon where ben croucher can update us — ben, it's changing all the time. ben, it's changing all the time of
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the top of that leaderboard, isn't it? ~ , the top of that leaderboard, isn't it? �* , ,., , , the top of that leaderboard, isn't it? ~ , ,~ ., it? absolutely, they all lead the 0 en it? absolutely, they all lead the open championship _ it? absolutely, they all lead the open championship in - it? absolutely, they all lead the open championship in the - it? absolutely, they all lead the open championship in the last i it? absolutely, they all lead the - open championship in the last couple of hours but as we enter the final few holes we have a new leader, xander show file, part of that group of men that you wondered how did they ever win —— how have they never won a major? metronomic consistency this afternoon, he has made five birdies including back to back to back on his last two holes. he's beenin back on his last two holes. he's been in top ten of all of the majors so far this year. behind the chasing pack, tristen lawrence, 27 years old, he is a member of the world tour, he's only been on that world tour, he's only been on that world tour for three years. tour, he's only been on that world tourfor three years. for tour, he's only been on that world tour for three years. for birdies but he's just tour for three years. for birdies but he'sjust dropped tour for three years. for birdies but he's just dropped a shot on the 12 to slip back. justin rose is playing alongside, it cost him as
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well. a bit of an odd atmosphere in that group because the crowd want rose to win, but xander is outshining him. russell henley has had all power and one birdie today. you do all the scoring on the front line and then try to hang on and on the back nine, one of the hardest back nine on all of the world of golf, but xander show flay hang onto the open championship for the very first time? i’m the open championship for the very first time? �* ., ., ~' the open championship for the very first time? �* ., ., ~ ., ., ., first time? i'm looking forward to those final— first time? i'm looking forward to those final few _ first time? i'm looking forward to those final few holes, _ first time? i'm looking forward to those final few holes, thank - first time? i'm looking forward to those final few holes, thank you | those final few holes, thank you very much. the west indies have begun their chase in the second innings of the second test at trent bridge. their target is 385 after england were bowled out for 425. joe root reached his 32nd test century for england, eventually going for 122, he left the field to a standing ovation. harry brook also got his century. west indies have lost five wickets already though and are 91—6. england lead the series 1—0.
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oscar piastri has won his first grand prix, taking the chequered flag in hungary but it was a dramatic race. piastri finished ahead of his mclaren team mate lando norris, giving them their first one two finish for three years. the 23—year—old australian started from second and took the lead at the first corner. piastri stayed ahead of norris, who had been on pole until the second round of pit stops, when team tactics meant they swapped positions. norris was then ordered to hand the lead back which he eventually did with three laps to go. lewis hamilton completed the podium, despite colliding with championship leader max verstappen who finished in fifth. world number 51 nuno borges beat rafael nadal in straight sets to win the swedish open. nadal playing in his first final for two years, has been using this tournament to build his fitness ahead of the olympic games in paris later this month, but the spaniard was defetaed in straight sets. it's a first atp title for borges
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in what was his first final. not long until the start of the paris olympics, but australia's chef de mission says the team are trying to replace the missing luggage of the matildas' soccer team ahead of their paris debut in four days' time. anna meares says they are having to find medical equipment like tape, scissors and massage tables that got lost after they took a private jet from spain's marbella to marseille. the australian olympic chief told reporters that football australia decided to hire a chartered flight to try to avoid those issues, but unfortunately, some bags still got lost. the matildas arrive in paris after a run of 14 sold—out matches in their home nation. opening ceremony for the olympics starts on friday, that's all from the bbc sport centre for now. people on the spanish island of mallorca are protesting against the impact of record levels of tourism. spain has seen a number
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of demonstrations across different cities in recent weeks, with locals arguing they're being priced out of housing and that visitor numbers are damaging the local culture and environment. our europe correspondent, nick beake, sent this report from majorca. british tourists are throwing themselves into their summer spanish getaways, escaping the weather back home. the beaches of magaluf packed with record numbers. tourism is powering the national economy as the good times roll. the same sand. but a very different experience. sonia and son luca can't find anywhere to live. she says many homes are bought up by foreign visitors or rented out to tourists at prices she can't afford.
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translation: it's hard| to get up every morning and start looking for a flat. the prices are higher every day. i stop people in the street and ask if they have anything, because the day is approaching when i will have to leave the apartment. i see me and my son homeless soon because there is absolutely. nothing. as spain's tourist hotspots have grown and grown over the decades, the debate has raged as to weather the millions of visitors bring more problems than they do benefits. but this summer it feels like something has changed. there's this new level of anger, with many locals saying that they've had enough. in barcelona a fortnight ago, locals squirted visitors with water pistols, one of a number of recent protests across spain. get out of our streets was the chant. we can see the port and we can see how some days are arriving, like 12,000 of people at the same time to the city. back in mallorca, local activist
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perezjoan is organising a demonstration this weekend. he wants a limit on visitor numbers and rejects the claim that tourism brings great wealth for the locals. this is a fake argument because we see, like the last years is arriving more tourists than ever, more money than ever. but this money where it goes, is going to the people or is going only to some economic powers? and this is what we are seeing. yay! the green family from rotherham hope they're boosting the local economy. boost it and make the money to what it is for this sort of place. it is, isn't it? so no i don't see people travel around world don't they. and that's what these places are for aren't they? tourism, economy and all the rest. well, if no one turned up, - then there'd be no shops here. then no jobs will be. no wages will be no, no. so yeah. tourism has bounced back
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after covid, but record levels are creating new problems and provoking what could be an unprecedented backlash. nick beake, bbc news mallorca. strictly come dancing is one of the bbc�*s most popular prime time entertainment programmes. but one of the competitors on the show, the actress amanda abbington, has made renewed claims about her dancing partner govanni perniche's behaviour. she called it �*unnecessary, abusive, cruel and mean�*. speaking to the sun on sunday, she says she flagged her concerns about her partner�*s behaviour to the bbc and nothing was done about it. our news correspondent leigh milner says that in the paper, amanda abbington talks about her time spent with her dancing partner. describing his behaviour, as you say, as abusive, cruel and mean when they were in rehearsal rooms together. now, she admits she had to think long and hard before she made a complaint because of the backlash that she might get from this,
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with strictly being one of the bbc�*s most iconic shows for the past 20 years. but when she did, she said she was ignored and nothing was done. now, last month, it was announced perniche would not return to strictly for this year�*s series, and in a statement, his spokesperson has said that giovanni refutes these allegations and denies any accusations of abusive or threatening behaviour. meanwhile, the bbc said it wouldn�*t comment on individuals or engage in speculation. and this is just the latest in a series of controversies for the programme. yeah, of course. just a few days ago we heard from the reality tv star and personality zara mcdermott about how she was involved in distressing incidents during training with her dance partner, graziano di prima, last year on the show. di prima�*s spokesman confirmed that the star did kick mcdermott once during rehearsals, which led to his removalfrom the show, and since then the bbc has announced it will put chaperones in all future
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rehearsals along with two new dedicated welfare producers. the south sudan basketball team has fallen painfully short of a historic upset — going down byjust one point to team usa in a thrilling friendly match in london. south sudan — ranked 33rd in the world — were leading for much of the game, but a basket by lebronjames in the final seconds secured the win for the us — 101-100. both teams are preparing to compete in the paris olympics next week. let�*s get more now on how a software bug from cyber—security crowdstrike affected microsoft windows systems around the world. with thousands of flights cancelled, and banking, healthcare,and businesses all affected, we look at what happened in this special programme
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"the worldwide computer crash". so, people are tired. they�*ve been handing out water. the boards don�*t really say anything. thousands of flights cancelled. due to the outage, my credit card system isn't working. payment systems down. around the globe, remember, this could cost billions. i mean, even trillions if it keeps going on like this. if we look at the scale of the impact, it's gigantic. i was told that the system is down all over the country as well. - appointments cancelled. computer systems in turmoil. many people saying this is potentially the biggest it outage that we have seen, probably in the last 25, 30 years. of course, the first thing you think is, is this the big cyberattack that everybody has been so worried about? a massive it outage affecting hundreds of millions all around the world. breaking news — a massive
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global technical outage. massive tech outages are impacting airlines, businesses, offices, companies. the scale of this problem is that it is huge. - i woke up this morning and i was reading the news first thing, which i always do, and i was reading that there had been this outage in australia and i thought, well, that sounds like a bit of a problem, doesn�*t it? airlines, supermarkets, tv, news channels, banks around the world are affected by this massive it outage, thought to be linked to microsoft�*s business computer system. the uk wakes up to confusion and chaos as reports of a global it failure break. the first news we had was that there was a microsoft problem. we knew that there had been an issue in the cloud somewhere and then that had caused issues. i've covered tech news for the best part of 20 years now, and this is the most catastrophic result, i think, of of an outage
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or a hack that i have seen in terms of how widespread it is and how many companies and businesses and customers have been affected. passengers at airports across the world face long waits and cancellations. we�*ve been static for about three hours and we haven�*t checked into our flight, which was supposed to take off an hour ago. i'm just in a limbo as to how long i've got to wait here for. yeah, the queues are pretty long. it's it problems worldwide we've heard in the news. i and yeah, apart from that, | we're not really sure what's going on, to be honest. as the minutes go by, the extent of the disruptions begins to unfold, with businesses, banks and nhs systems experiencing major problems. electronic prescription system is down at the moment, so we�*re not able to receive prescriptions from surgeries and we can�*t sort of download and update our system at the moment. even tv stations
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were forced off air. a major global it outage is hitting businesses worldwide, including here at sky news. at first, it was unclear what was behind such widespread chaos. my initial concern was whether this disruption was a cyber attack we�*ve seen over the past few years various supply chain cyber attacks linked to state actors. i think really early on we figured out that it wasn't a hack, it wasn't a cyber attack, and we've since had the uk government being among the voices saying, you know, you don't need to worry about your security. well, i think my reaction was like so many other. people, was one of shock. you know, this is a global, i huge business, which, well, it's affected us all. this outage is notjust something that would happen to a few - people and a few countries and a few companies. - it's happened around the world. as more and more devices were switched on, millions of computer users were faced
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with a blue screen of death. so the first problem we knew about was that microsoft�*s cloud hosting service, if you like, the giant computers at the heart of the internet on which so many companies, services and systems are based, those had gone down in the central united states and in a way that was unexpected. there's a cyber security company called crowdstrike, which had issued an update to a service that it offers its customers already. it's called falcon, and it's basically an antivirus scanner. for some reason, this update has reacted really badly with devices running windows software. and of course there are millions of those because it's a very popular bit of kit. let's see how the platform stops an attack in real time. _ this update, which went on to probably millions of devices around the world, notjust your laptop or your desktop that you work on or play on, but things like ticket devices, ticket machines, things like check in machines at airports and devices
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inside the nhs as well. and it got those machines to reboot and then they couldn�*t restart. this financial services company counts on crowdstrike for all their cybersecurity needs. but what if they hadn't? international cybersecurity firm crowdstrike said that the root of the problem lay in an update to its software, which was designed to protect microsoft windows devices from hacking. the company has clarified and taken responsibility for this, and said that only those devices using windows operating systems have been affected. every day there are cyber attack attempts, there are hack attempts. you know, it has a pretty robust system, and it invests a lot in keeping that system secure. and yet somehow this little update, you know, fell through the cracks and slipped through every single net and managed to cause this complete chaos. the company released a statement.
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the chief executive did do an interview in which he did eventually apologise. we're deeply sorry for the impact that we've caused to customers, to travellers, to anyone affected by this, including our companies. microsoft also issued a statement. because of their statement and because of the implausibility for other reasons, it seems unlikely that this was linked to malign actors. part of the reason we can also see that is a lack of targeting. this wasn�*t specific, this wasn�*t directed. so many things have been affected by the outage, and that's because microsoft have got so many fingers in so many pies. so you can go from airlines.
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you're looking at banks being affected, kiosks in shopping centres. crowdstrike, as of its last earnings call, had 24,000 customers internationally. that means 24,000 organisations have been impacted. each of those organisations will have hundreds, maybe even thousands or more devices which could potentially be impacted. i started keeping a list of the brands that seem to be affected and i gave up within an hour because there were just so many. it is a huge thing affecting pretty much every sector. take a look at this. they've left us a gift. i think we misjudged them. crowdstrike is a us firm founded in 2011. they protect companies from cybersecurity incidents and usually deal with the aftermath of hacking. but this time, it was to be their own product, which caused the problems. we stop cyber attacks, - we stop breaches, we stop a lot of bad things from happening.
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if we think about the intersection of those companies, which both operate crowdstrike and also operate windows operating systems on their devices, this is a very large potential. it's one of the biggest dangers is if you have just one point of failure for so many systems, then at some point this was bound to happen. what was the impact of this computing crisis? i would be surprised if there hasn�*t been an impact on global economies. i would also be surprised if there isn�*t an impact on the value of crowdstrike and also to an extent, microsoft. the amount that the global economy would have been affected by this kind of move, it's almost impossible to say because it could be billions of pounds, but it could of course, be even more than that. the it outage has also affected the value of crowdstrike itself, with shares in the firm down 15% on the nasdaq exchange in new york. well, we�*ve already seen, um, when trading opened in the us, a large fall in crowdstrike�*s market value.
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we can likely expect further negative repercussions for crowdstrike in the near future because of the significance. i would reflect on the fact, however, that companies, um, have previously been exposed to bad press because of cyber attacks or because of, uh, issues in their technology. it�*s been monumentally disruptive. and experts say fixing the problem will be time—consuming. in many cases, requiring individual machines to be rebooted. the devices affected by the crowdstrike issue are probably going to need an engineer to go to each and every one, plug a keyboard in, do some very simple steps to get them started again. but it is probably going to be beyond the level of capability of a lot of certainly home users. functionally, what this means is that an individual needs to go to every single device, and they need to reboot and change
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certain aspects of the system in order for it to work. the significance of that can't really be understated in terms of business interruption and potential cost. every single device that�*s been affected is still going to have to be manually rebooted in safe mode. that means somebody is going to have to do it, who knows what they�*re doing. the human resource cost of it, technicians or other um, technologically gifted individuals going around to each device is incredibly high. the anticipated financial disruption cost that we can expect from organisations who have had to, um, disrupt their pause their activities is also significant. i think, given the potential shortage of technicians for an event of this scale, it�*s quite likely it�*s going to take maybe a week to get everything back up and running, maybe longer. and of course, some machines will be more accessible than others within company hardware stores. so this is going to take some time, we think, to completely rectify. while for some a fixed proved
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simple, many were left asking how it could be prevented from happening again. for us as individuals, it�*s really just about being patient, sadly. unfortunately, as everyday users, there�*s not an awful lot we can do. clearly, the companies involved will be taking incredible steps and going to enormous lengths and care to try and ensure this doesn�*t happen again, not least because it creates terrible headlines for them. it depresses their stock price as well. so they�*re very well incentivised to do this. it's really hard to stop this kind of thing from happening again, only because sometimes those software updates are needed. sometimes it's the security that you need to make the whole system work can knock that system out for a couple of hours. the damage that this might do further on is, you know, - cyber security experts will say to you, until they're blue - in the face, you've got - to do your security update. it's quite a difficult message on a day like this to say, - please carry on doing your updates, even though this one has _ caused global chaos.
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ultimately, organisations depend fundamentally on digital solutions produced by large technology companies. it�*s not really possible in today�*s world to not use digital systems if you�*re running a business. so things are tested before they are unleashed. it's not like you would just, you know, make something and then put it out onto the world's computers without trying to make sure that it's safe. so i think probably the issue there is going to lie with crowdstrike and how it tested this update and what it missed along the way. but i think there are also issues at microsoft's end. the outage is a reminder ofjust how integrated technology is within our society. we think about the pervasiveness of technology across our critical national infrastructure, our health care, our power generation, and so on and so forth. it becomes worrying.
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you know, there are a small number of tech companies that are at the heart of so much of what we do, particularly with regards to the cloud. it has really shaken the world, i i think, and there are going to be serious questions that microsoft i is going to have to ask itself. i but the reality is on a global stage is that the more countries that own companies or have built companies like microsoft, and the more companies that there are in the market, then the less when one thing fails, everything fails. and so the reality is, is it�*s almost consumer choice. don�*tjust put all your eggs in one basket and then this kind of stuff might not happen again. we have become very dependent. on big tech companies providing us with the tools we need to do ourjobs. - right now in the world, we have a huge reliance on technology. now, i'm not saying that's a bad thing. i'm not saying we should throw the baby out with the bathwater, but we've got to be really aware that we are so reliant on technology. i i think this is a really poignantl reminder that actually we're not in control of those devices.
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if there's something i happens at their end, there's absolutely nothing you can do about it — and i know that that's the way that the world is, but it doesn't mean that it's always going to be that way. what this incident shows is just how dependent we are on it systems. and when something like this happens, how fast and how widespread the effects are. the reassuring thing in this case is that it�*s not a hostile act. it�*s not a security attack. the cause has been identified, and it�*s really important because we�*re so reliant on these systems that the fix is put in place as soon as possible.
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hello. for most of us, the weather�*s pleasant enough today, a little cloudy in some areas, but wherever you are, the chances are that there will be at least some sunshine today. and so far, the best of the sun�*s been across northern and eastern parts of the country. if you look at the satellite picture earlier, clearerskies in eastern scotland, also around yorkshire and lincolnshire. but even here, clouds have been developing through the course of the day. so what have we got? a gentle breeze blowing out of the southwest, pushing in some thicker cloud across ireland. that might mean some rain for belfast this evening and overnight, but elsewhere it�*s a case of sunnier moments, cloudier moments, the odd shower and temperatures pleasant enough, high teens, low 20s. now here�*s that small weather system that will be moving through ireland and into the irish sea, and eventually it�*ll end up around northern england and southern scotland, also affecting parts of wales. so damp weather early in the morning it�*s relatively mild. 15 in london, a little bit colder there in the north of scotland, perhaps single figures. so tomorrow it�*s fairly cloudy and damp, at least for a time in parts of scotland. elsewhere it�*s a day of prolonged spells of sunshine,
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occasional showers and actually quite brisk winds. so if you�*re in the south and the southwest, those winds will be quite gusty, particularly close to the coast and the temperatures around the low to perhaps mid 20s. and that small area of low pressure and its weather front moves to the east. and we see this bump in the high pressure. this is what�*s called a ridge of high pressure. so where the air is generally sinking and what we typically find is fair weather clouds, just the odd shower on the edge. but for the bulk of the uk, a fine day. the temperatures could be a little bit high. we might even reach 25 degrees on tuesday. so let�*s have a look at the outlook then, because it does look as though at least the computer models are pointing to high pressure becoming more dominant towards the end of the month. and when we see high pressure during the summer months, that means much warmer, drierweather. and in fact, if we scan our apps and you look at the forecast even beyond this coming weekend, you should be able to see those fair weather symbols and perhaps those
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temperatures starting to creep up. so perhaps a sign things are settling down. for most of us, the weather�*s pleasant enough today,
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live from london — this is bbc news. a hint from britain�*s new chancellor that public—sector workers in the uk could be in line for above—inflation pay increases. there is a cost to not settling. a cost of further industrial action,
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a cost in terms of the challenge we face recruiting and retaining doctors and nurses and teachers as well, but we will do it in a proper way and make sure that the sums add up. israel says it�*s intercepted a missile launched from yemen after the israeli air force carried out a series of strikes in the country. bangladesh�*s top court scraps most of the quotas on governmentjobs, which triggered nationwide riots. and seconds away from victory — south sudan�*s basketball team just miss out on an upset win against the united states. hello, i�*m martine croxall. we start here in the uk, where the chancellor rachel reeves says the government will "make sure the sums add up" before agreeing to fund a recommended 5.5% pay increase to teachers and nhs staff. the above—inflation rise has been recommended by the independent pay review bodies. here�*s our political correspondent tony bonsignore.

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